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Today, I often think I am nobody. I work long hours at a job that I struggle to see the significance of. Being at the entry level is frustrating, and I find that I lack the time and energy to do many of the other things I would enjoy, like volunteering, dancing, or reading. Instead, I go to work, I go home, I watch TV, I think about how if I hadn't been at work until 9 I would have gone to the gym, how I should have gone to the gym, how maybe if I had gone to the gym I wouldn't feel about… Continue

Because intelligence and idealism are not mutually exclusive, I have chosen to shadow the remarkable social entrepreneur Bill Drayton. Mr. Drayton is the founder and chair of Ashoka, an organization he founded long before social entrepreneurship was as well understood as it is today. He has been called a "visionary," and the "godfather of social entrepreneurship," and was rightfully identified as one of America's 25 Best Leaders by U.S. News and World… Continue

In his tips on Innovation in Africa, David Tait quotes Ethan Zuckerman, saying "Problems are not always obvious from afar." While I take issue with that particular wording, Zuckerman's point that social innovators must integrate themselves and take the time to analyze their surroundings is well taken.



Problems like the ones we seek to address are, in fact, obvious from afar. People millions of… Continue